Lenovo 70B89000NA, 70B89001NA, 70B89003NA User Manual

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ix4-300d Network Storage

with LifeLine 4.0

User Guide

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CONTENTS

Setting up Your ix4-300d Network Storage

1

Setup Overview

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Set up my ix4-300d Network Storage if it's not discovered

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Discovering with LenovoEMC Storage Manager

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Discovering the ix4-300d without the Internet

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Setup Page

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Network Connection

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Connecting the ix4-300d Network Storage to Your Network

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Connecting the ix4-300d

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Network Settings

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Manually Configuring Network Settings

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Bonding NICs

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VLAN Settings

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Naming Your ix4-300d Network Storage

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Setting up Active Directory

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Configuring Your ix4-300d Network Storage to Use Active Directory

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Enabling Active Directory Trusted Domains

12

Customizing the Access to Features on Your ix4-300d Network Storage

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Enabling the Display of Features

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Enabling Access Permissions to Features

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Non-Administrator User Log In

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Obtaining Alerts About Your ix4-300d Network Storage

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Tracing Events on Your ix4-300d Network Storage

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Downloading the complete event log file

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Obtaining System Status for Your ix4-300d Network Storage

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Space Usage

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Control Panel

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Device Information

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Using Your ix4-300d Network Storage in Various Time Zones

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Setting the Display Language for Your ix4-300d Network Storage

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Printing Documents

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Setting up Personal Cloud, Security, and File Sharing

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Sharing Files

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Sharing Overview

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Interfaces for Sharing

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Shares

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What are Shares and How Do I Organize Content with Them?

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Adding Shares

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Managing Shares

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Deleting Shares

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Using Protocols to Share Files

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What Are Protocols and How Do I Use Them to Share Files?

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AFP File Sharing for Macs

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Bluetooth File Sharing

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FTP File Sharing

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NFS File Sharing

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rsync: Synchronizing Files with Another Storage Device or Other Computers

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TFTP

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Monitoring Your Device with an SNMP Management Tool

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Managing File Sharing with Web Access (http/https)

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WebDAV: Managing Files Using HTTP or HTTPS

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Windows DFS: Creating a Distributed Windows File System

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Windows File Sharing

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Sharing Content through the Home Page

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Sharing Your Content with the World

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Adding a Custom Home Page

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Automatically Sending Content to Multiple People at Once

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How to Set Up an Email Distribution Active Folder

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Sharing Content Using Social Media: Overview

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Managing Your Content

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Transferring Content to and from Your ix4-300d Network Storage with Copy Jobs

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Copy Jobs Limitations

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Getting Content from a USB External Storage Device

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Safely removing external storage

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One-touch Transferring of Content from a USB Device

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Setting QuikTransfer

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iSCSI: Creating IP-Based Storage Area Networks (SAN)

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iSCSI Overview

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Adding iSCSI Drives

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Enabling iSCSI Drives

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Connecting to iSCSI Drives

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Managing iSCSI Drives

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Adding CHAP User Access to an iSCSI Drive

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Deleting iSCSI Drives

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Drive Management

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Managing Drives

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Setting Write Caching

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Applying Global Drive Management Settings

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Drive Status

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Backing up and Restoring Your Content

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Backup and Restore Overview

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Backup of Data through RAID Protection

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Backing up to and Restoring from Your ix4-300d Network Storage

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Backing up Macs with Time Machine

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One-touch Transferring of Content from a USB Device

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Copy Jobs Overview

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Backing up Your ix4-300d Network Storage

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Copy Jobs

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From: Settings

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To: Settings

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Setting a Schedule

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Backing up with Mozy Backup

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Restoring Files with Mozy Backup

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Registering with Avamar for Backup and Restore

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Backing up with Amazon S3

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Restoring Files with Amazon S3

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Backing up with LenovoEMC Personal Cloud

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Restoring Files with Personal Cloud

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Securing Your ix4-300d Network Storage and Contents

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What Is Security and Do I Need It?

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Enabling Security and Creating an Administrator User

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Disabling Security

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Limiting Access to Your Content by Creating Users

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Users

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Users and Groups Overview

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Adding Users

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Managing Users

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Deleting Users

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Groups

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Groups Overview

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Adding Groups

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Managing Groups

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Deleting Groups

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Using Active Directory Domain to Manage Users and Groups

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Active Directory Users and Groups Overview

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Managing Users and Groups with Active Directory

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Deleting Active Directory Users and Groups

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Managing Your ix4-300d Network Storage with Local and Active Directory Users

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Managing Your ix4-300d Network Storage with Local and Active Directory Users

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Personal Cloud: Accessing Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud From Anywhere in the

 

World

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What Is LenovoEMC Personal Cloud ?

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LenovoEMC Personal Cloud Key Terms

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Is My Content Secure?

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LenovoEMC Personal Cloud Setup Overview

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Creating LenovoEMC Personal Cloud

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Configuring Router Port Forwarding for Personal Cloud

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Router Port Forwarding

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Configuring Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud

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Enabling Internet Access to the ix4-300d

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Changing Personal Cloud Settings

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Inviting People onto Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud

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Joining a Trusted Device to LenovoEMC Personal Cloud

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Managing Trusted Devices on a Personal Cloud

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Disconnecting Trusted Devices

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Deleting Trusted Devices

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Using Copy Jobs with a LenovoEMC Personal Cloud

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Disabling or Deleting Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud

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Accessing Content Using Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud

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Informing Users What to Do with LenovoEMC Personal Cloud

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Sharing Content Using Social Media

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Sharing Content Using Social Media: Overview

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Facebook

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Flickr

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YouTube

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Share Content through LenovoEMC Personal Cloud

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Media Management

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Media Management Overview

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Scanning for media content

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Media Services Capabilities and Limitations

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Sharing Media Content over the Internet

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Enabling Internet Access from the Media Server Page

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Media Aggregation

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Enabling Media Aggregation

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Social Media Sharing

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Streaming Music, Movies, and Pictures

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Example: Setting up iTunes

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Example: Setting up Xbox 360

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Photos

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Photos Overview

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Streaming Pictures

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Creating a Slideshow on the Device Home Page

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Automatically Resizing Your Photos

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Getting Pictures from Your Camera

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Getting Pictures from Your Camera

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Music

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Music Overview

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Streaming Music

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Torrents

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Torrent Overview

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Enabling Torrent Downloads

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Deleting torrent jobs

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Configuring Your Router for Torrent Downloads

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Torrent Active Folders

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Configuring a Torrent Active Folder

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Videos

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Video Capabilities Overview

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Streaming Movies

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Video Surveillance

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Name

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Space

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Model

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Action

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Adding Applications to Your ix4-300d Network Storage

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Application Overview

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Application Installation

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Application Manager

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Starting or stopping an application

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Adding applications

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Removing applications

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Upgrading Your ix4-300d Network Storage

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Software Updates

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Auto-update process: installing a device software update

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Manual update process: installing a device software update

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Backing up and Recovering Your ix4-300d Network Storage Settings

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Backing Up Your ix4-300d Network Storage Settings

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Backing up Device Configuration

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Restoring a Configuration Backup

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Hardware Management

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About the ix4-300d Network Storage Components

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Front Panel

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Drive Bay Access

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Rear Panel

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Default Settings

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Energy Saving

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Power Down Drives

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Brightness

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Factory Reset

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UPS Management

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Troubleshooting Routers

124

Enabling the DMZ

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Configuring Port Forwarding on Double NAT Networks

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Bridging the Secondary Router

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Bridging the Primary Router

125

Additional Support

127

How to Get Help

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Support

129

Legal

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Safety Information

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Open Source

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Warranty Information

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Limited Warranty Notice

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Limited Warranty for Iomega Products

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Regulatory Information

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Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement

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Canadian Verification

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European Union - Compliance to the Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive

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Important WEEE Information

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European Union RoHS

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India RoHS

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Lithium Battery – California Perchlorate Information

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Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Cable and Cord Notice

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Recycling and environmental information

136

Export classification notice

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Copyright and Trademark Information

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CHAPTER 1

Setting up Your ix4-300d Network Storage

Setting up Your ix4-300d Network Storage

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Settingup Your ix4-300dNetworkStorage

Setup Overview

Setup with your ix4-300d Network Storage is easy. Remove it from the box, connect it to your network switch or hub, and then power it up. Launch a web browser and enter the setup URL identified in the Quick Start Guide. LenovoEMC Setup launches and displays a message that your ix4-300d is online and ready to use.

You then can install client software that includes:

LenovoEMC Storage Manager

Twonky Media Server for media aggregation

LenovoEMC Storage Manager is a management tool that helps you discover your ix4-300d on your network to simplify access to content on your ix4-300d from your computer. It also allows you to add your computer as a trusted device to a LenovoEMC Personal Cloud. Refer to LenovoEMC Storage Manager online help for additional information. Twonky Media Server consolidates all media files on devices on your network and presents them in a unified view.

From LenovoEMC Setup, you can optionally create a Personal Cloud or begin using your ix4-300d by clicking Manage My Device.

By default, the ix4-300d will attempt to acquire an IP address from DHCP, If there is not a DHCP server available on the network, the ix4-300d will use an IP address in the self-assigned APIPA range (169.254.x.x).

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Settingup Your ix4-300dNetworkStorage

Set up my ix4-300d Network Storage if it's not discovered

If your ix4-300d is not discovered when you enter the URL identified in your Quick Start Guide, you have two ways of discovering it.

Discovering with LenovoEMC Storage Manager

You can install LenovoEMC Storage Manager from the Setup Portal, which helps you discover your ix4300d on your network.

Discovering the ix4-300d without the Internet

You can access your ix4-300d device without internet access as described by these methods for Windows PCs or Macs:

Windows 7 and Vista — Click Start, Computer, Network. You should see your ix4-300d listed under Other Devices. You can then double-click the device icon to access the ix4300d Management Console.

Windows XP — If you have not enabled UPnP Discovery, click Start, Help and Support. In the Help and Support browser, search for UPnP and follow the steps from “Install the UPnP framework”. After UPnP is enabled, open Windows Explorer and in the Folders view, expand My Network Places. You should see your ix4-300d listed. You can then double-click the device icon to access the ix4300d Management Console.

Mac — Browse to your ix4-300d through Finder, Shared, All and use Go, Connect to Server to connect to Shares on your ix4-300d.

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Setup Page

The Setup page opens when you first access the ix4-300d Network Storage from the Home Page or the LenovoEMC Storage Manager. On this page, you can configure some basic device features by clicking the appropriate link. The current setting of the feature displays above the link. You can also configure all features shown on the Setup page by accessing the specific features directly.

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Network Connection

Connecting the ix4-300d Network Storage to Your Network

First, check the package contents.

Verify that the box contains the following items:

1.ix4-300d (models may vary)

2.Power Adapter and Cord

3.Quick Start Guide

4. Ethernet Cable

Package contents may vary.

Network Connection

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Connecting the ix4-300d

Initial Setup

If you have purchased more than one ix4-300d, complete all steps on one device before setting up additional devices.

1.Use the included network cable to connect the ix4-300d to your network router, switch or directly to a computer.

2.Connect the included power adapter to the back of the ix4-300d and a power socket or Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS).

3.Your ix4-300d should power on automatically.

4.From a computer on your network, open a web browser and go to http://setup.lenovoemc.com to set up your ix4-300d on your network. For best results, use a computer that is connected to the same subnet or network segment as the ix4-300d.

You can access the ix4300d Management Console directly by entering the IP address or model name of your ix4-300d in your computer’s web browser. To use the model name on a Mac, add

.local after the name in the browser (for example, ix4-300d.local).

5.OPTIONAL: if desired, install the LenovoEMC Storage Manager and Media Aggregation software.

If you install LenovoEMC Storage Manager, its icon will appear in the System Tray (Windows) or Menu Bar (Mac). The LenovoEMC Storage Manager will automatically scan your network and connect to available Shares.

If you receive a message from your operating system's firewall alerting you of network activity, be sure to unblock communications.

Mac Users: Shares on the ix4-300d will mount and appear on the Mac Desktop.

PC Users: Shares on the ix4-300d will automatically be assigned a drive letter and will be available in the Network Drives section under My Computer.

Network Settings

The Network page of your ix4-300d is where you make changes to set up network connectivity. The Network page displays your current network settings and enables those settings to be modified. On this page, you can identify your DNS servers and WINS servers and how your system's IP address is determined. Most system IP addresses and other network settings can normally be configured automatically.

Manually Configuring Your Network

If you are comfortable with network technology and want to configure the network, refer to Manually Configuring Network Settings.

Bonded NICs

If your ix4-300d has multiple network interface cards (NICs), you can bond those NICs. Refer to Bonding NICs.

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Enabling Jumbo Frames for Each NIC

You can enable jumbo frames for each NIC in your ix4-300d by expanding the Information section for a NIC and entering a jumbo frame size in the Jumbo Frame field. If you do not want jumbo frame support, leave the field blank. Jumbo frame support is useful for transferring large files, such as multimedia files, over a network. Jumbo frame support increases transfer speed by placing large files in fewer data packets. It also reduces the demand on the device hardware by having the CPU process more data in fewer data packets.

Jumbo frame support should only be enabled if you are sure your network is jumbo-frame compatible and all network devices have been configured to support jumbo frames. It is recommended that you confirm all network interface cards (NICs) are configured to support jumbo frames before enabling this feature.

VLAN

Each NIC in your ix4-300d can be added to up to four Virtual LANs (VLAN). For more information on adding a NIC to a VLAN, refer to VLAN Settings.

Manually Configuring Network Settings

There are various settings in the network setup that you can manually configure.

1.Click Modify network settings.

2.Uncheck Automatically configure DNS, WINS, and all IP addresses (DHCP).

3.DNS Servers — enter the IP addresses of the DNS (Domain Name System) servers. DNS is used for translating the domain name to IP addresses.

4.WINS Servers — enter the IP addresses of the WINS server.

5.From the Bonding Mode drop-down menu, choose one of the following:

Transmission Load Balance — increases bandwidth by distributing the load across multiple NICs.

Link Aggregation — increases bandwidth by distributing the load across multiple ports in a switch. Link Aggregation requires an 802.3ad compatible switch.

Failover — provides recovery from a failure, so if one NIC should fail, your system still has network connectivity with the other NIC.

6.To connect your ix4-300d to a proxy server, check Use proxy settings and enter proxy IP address, port number, and the proxy username and password.

7.Click Apply to save your settings.

8.If a DHCP server is unavailable for a network interface card (NIC), the device could auto-assign an IP address, or you can uncheck the Automatically acquire network address (DHCP) checkbox found in the Information section of a NIC.

9.You can change the following settings in the Information section:

IP Address — the static IP address of the ix4-300d. Use an available IP address in the range used by the LAN.

Subnet Mask — the subnet that the IP address belongs to. The default value is 255.255.255.0.

Gateway — enter the gateway IP address in this field.

10.Click Apply to save your settings.

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VLAN: For information on adding a NIC to a VLAN (Virtual LAN), refer to VLAN Settings.

Bonding NICs: For information on bonding multiple network interface cards (NICs), refer to Bonding NICs.

Bonding NICs

Bonding network interface cards (NICs) is a way to provide redundancy for your ix4-300d on the network. If one NIC should fail, your ix4-300d will remain accessible on the network if that NIC is bonded to others. Depending on the bonding mode selected, it can also increase bandwidth. See Manually Configuring Network Settings for information on bonding mode options and how to change the bonding mode.

You can bond two or more network interface cards (NICs) in your ix4-300d by selecting the NICs and clicking Apply.

Use the following procedure to bond NICs.

1.On the Network page, expand the NIC number and then expand the Bond Network Interface section.

2.Check the checkboxes next to the NICs that you want to bond to the selected NIC. For example, if you selected NIC 1, and your configuration includes four NICs, you could bond NIC 1 to NIC 2, 3, and/or 4.

3.Click Apply to save your settings.

4.The section updates and displays the NICs that are bonded to the selected NIC.

Unbonding NICs

1.To unbond a NIC, uncheck the box next to the bonded NIC.

2.Click Apply to save your settings.

VLAN Settings

A VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network) is a network of devices that are joined into one broadcast domain, even if the devices are not physically connected to each other. VLANs are useful for creating smaller networks within a larger LAN; for example, a legal department in a company might be on its own VLAN because it has sensitive documents that only certain personnel should have access to. The smaller networks that VLANs create do not require any additional physical resources, such as additional cabling. Your ix4-300d Network Storage can be configured to support VLANs by connecting the corresponding physical NIC to the trunk port of an L2/L3 switch.

VLAN is configured for each NIC, but it is not supported on bonded NICs. If a NIC is bonded, you must unbind it first to configure it for a VLAN.

Adding a VLAN

1.To add a VLAN, expand the VLAN Settings section of a NIC.

2.Click Add VLAN.

3.Enter a VLAN ID value between 2 and 4094. You can enter up to 4 VLAN IDs for each NIC. A VLAN can obtain its network settings from DHCP, or you can uncheck DHCP and enter the IP address, subnet mask, and gateway manually.

4.Refer to Network Settings on page 6 for information about jumbo frames.

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5.Click Apply to save your changes.

Deleting a VLAN

In the VLAN Settings section click Delete to delete the VLAN.

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Naming Your ix4-300d Network Storage

You can provide a meaningful name for your ix4-300d using the Device Identification page. This page in the ix4300d Management Console enables you to change the Storage Device Name, the Storage Device Descriptive Name, and the Workgroup Name.

Change any of these by editing the text fields. Click Apply to save your changes.

Device Name: Enter a name for the ix4-300d device. Use a name that will help you identify it on your network.

Device Descriptive Name: Enter a descriptive name for the ix4-300d device. This name can provide additional detail that identifies the device. If you leave this field blank, the default device name is used.

Workgroup Name: Enter a workgroup name for the ix4-300d device if you need to change the default name. The workgroup name identifies a group of computers that share information with each other. Change the workgroup name only if you explicitly define a workgroup on your network. Most users won't need to change the workgroup name, unless they have explicitly defined a different workgroup on their other computers.

Renaming the ix4-300d will require a device restart.

Setting up Active Directory

If your ix4-300d supports Active Directory, you configure AD on the Device Identification page. Refer to Configuring Your ix4-300d for Active Directory.

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Configuring Your ix4-300d Network Storage to Use Active Directory

If you have an existing Active Directory user organization, you can incorporate it into the ix4300d Management Console. Your ix4-300d can work in a high availability environment, which means it can work with multiple AD servers should one server fail or go offline.

When you configure Active Directory, you enable security on your ix4-300d.

1.To configure Active Directory, manually add the ix4-300d to your DNS server. Set the ix4-300d DNS setting to point to your DNS server. On the Network page, uncheck Automatically configure all network settings, type the IP address of your DNS Server in the text box, and click Apply to save your settings.

2.Configure the ix4-300d to join the Active Directory domain. On the Device Identification page, select Active Directory if you already have an existing AD user organization that you want to incorporate into the ix4-300d.

3.Provide the following connectivity information:

Domain Name — the actual name of your Active Directory domain, for example, sohoad.com.

Preferred Server — the actual name or IP address of your Active Directory Server, for example, ad-server.sohoad.com or 10.14.50.12.

Netbios Name — An optional value that is automatically set to the first part of the Domain Name. For example, if you Domain Name is testdomain.emc.com, the Netbios Name is testdomain. You can edit this name or leave it blank.

Organizational Unit — an optional predefined subset of directory objects within an Active Directory domain.

Administrator Username — the Active Directory username with domain administrator privilege.

Administrator Password — the Active Directory password for the specified Active Directory username.

Users/Groups Refresh Interval — how often the ix4-300d should refresh the list of available users and groups from the Active Directory server.

Local Network Encryption (SSL) — enforces encryption on your local network.

Remote Network Encryption (SSL) — enforces encryption outside your local network, such as through the internet. Choices for both encryption types are Not required and Always (encryption is always enforced). Always encrypting communication is safest, but can impact performance.

Enable trusted domains — enables your ix4-300d to allow access to other domains.

4.Click Apply to save your settings.

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Enabling Active Directory Trusted Domains

By enabling Active Directory trusted domains on your ix4-300d, you enable the importing of users and groups from other trusted domains to your ix4-300d device. Those users and groups from other domains will then have access to features on your ix4-300d, including accessing folders and documents in Shares, and joining any Personal Cloud of which the device is a member.

Now that you have enabled access to all trusted domains, you can add users and groups from those trusted domains to your ix4-300d. For more information, refer to Managing Users and Groups with Active Directory.

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Customizing the Access to Features on Your ix4-300d Network Storage

An administrator user can customize the look of the ix4300d Management Console using Feature Selection (FS). Using FS, an admin can enable the display of certain features and disable others. In addition, an admin can provide non-administrator users access to certain features by setting permissions for those users.

Access permission to a feature can be given only to non-administrator users, since admin users always have access to all features. Setting access permissions for non-admin users requires that security is enabled on your ix4-300d Network Storage and an administrator user is created. See Enabling Security and Creating an Administrator User.

Enabling the Display of Features

1.Open the Feature Selection page.

All the features of your ix4-300d display on the page with a status that indicates whether the feature is enabled or disabled.

2.To enable a feature, expand the desired feature name, and click the switch to On. For example, to enable Amazon S3, expand the Amazon S3 feature, and click the switch to On.

3.To disable a feature, click the switch to Off.

You can set the display of applications on the Feature Selection page, provided an application has that capability. For more information on installing features, refer to the Application Manager.

Enabling Access Permissions to Features

You can configure access permissions for non-administrator users with certain features. Expand the feature on the Feature Selection page to determine if it supports feature access permissions.

1.If not already enabled, enable security on your ix4-300d and create users and groups.

2.Open the Feature Selection page.

3.To enable access to an enabled feature, expand the desired feature name, and click Add access permissions.

4.In the pop-up window, select one or more users to provide them access. If you have created groups, you can also limit access for them in this way.

5.Click Apply to save your changes.

The list of users with access is displayed under the feature. To remove user access, uncheck the access box next to the user, and click Apply to save your changes.

You can enable access permissions for applications on the Feature Selection page, provided an application has that capability. For more information on installing features, refer to the Application Manager.

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Non-Administrator User Log In

Non-administrator users can log in to a ix4-300d with feature access enabled. When these non-admin users access a ix4-300d, they first see the Login screen where they enter their login credentials. After logging in, the ix4300d Management Console displays with those features to which a non-admin user has access.

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Obtaining Alerts About Your ix4-300d Network Storage

You can configure your ix4-300d to send email alerts when problems are detected. This is done through the email notification feature. Email notification provides a destination for emails sent by the ix4-300d when problems are detected. To provide a destination email address, enter the following information:

Destination Email Addresses — enter a valid email address or addresses. This email address provides a destination for messages sent by the ix4-300d when problems are detected by the system. You can add multiple email addresses by separating them with commas, spaces or semicolons.

Check Send a test email message to confirm that email notification is working properly.

Check Configure custom SMTP settings only if your network blocks SMTP traffic, requiring additional credentials, such as a corporate firewall.

Most users will not need to check this option. If checked, enter the following additional information to identify your SMTP server:

Email Server (SMTP) — enter the address of your SMTP server.

Sender Email Address — enter an email address for the ix4-300d to use as the From address when it creates messages.

Email Login — enter the username used to log into the email account you entered above.

Email Password — enter the password for the email account.

Confirm Password — confirm the password for the email account. It must match the password provided above.

If your email application uses a SPAM blocker, it is recommended that you add a sender email address to your safe list. If you do not define additional credentials, the default sender email is: sohostorage@emc.com

Click Apply to save your changes.

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Tracing Events on Your ix4-300d Network Storage

The Event Log page displays only the 1000 most recent events logged to the ix4-300d. A complete event log, however, is available for download.

The following icons indicate the severity of each status message:

INFORMATION

Identifies that a change has been made to the state of your ix4-300d device, usually by a user, such as attaching a peripheral.

WARNING

Identifies that there is a problem with your ix4-300d device that requires your attention, but your device will continue to operate normally for now.

ERROR

Identifies an urgent problem with your ix4-300d device that may result in data loss and requires your immediate attention.

You can sort the displayed list by Date, User, or Event by clicking the column headers.

Downloading the complete event log file

Click Download to download a comma-separated event log file. A new page is opened with a link to the event log file. Click the event log file link to download or open the file.

The downloaded file contains 5 columns: Number, Date, User, Severity, Message.

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Settingup Your ix4-300dNetworkStorage

Obtaining System Status for Your ix4-300d Network Storage

The System Status page displays space usage information and status information about your ix4-300d Network Storage. It also provides a control panel that enables you to:

Blink the lights

Restart

Shut down

Space Usage

The Space Usage section graphically represents the amount of space used by Shares on the ix4-300d. The exact space used displays in a ToolTip when you mouse over each Share.

Control Panel

The Control Panel displays commands for the ix4-300d:

Blink the lights

To help identify a specific ix4-300dwhen there is more than one device configured on your network, blink the lights on the front of the ix4-300dby clicking:

Restart

Restart the ix4-300d.

Shut down

Shut down the ix4-300d.

Before shutting down the ix4-300d, be sure you have access to the physical device to turn it on. It is recommended that you always use the power button to shut down the device.

Device Information

The Device Information section displays various hardware, software, and status details.

Status

The Status Information section displays changes to or issues with your ix4-300d. If an issue requires user action to resolve, such as a warning or error message, the ix4300d Management Console displays a link in the status message.

The following types of messages can display:

INFORMATION

Identifies that a change has been made to the state of your ix4-300d, usually by a

 

user, such as attaching a peripheral.

 

 

WARNING

Identifies that there is a problem with your ix4-300d that requires your attention, but

 

your device will continue to operate normally for now.

 

 

ERROR

Identifies an urgent problem with your ix4-300d that may result in data loss and

 

requires your immediate attention.

 

 

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Using Your ix4-300d Network Storage in Various Time Zones

You can set the date and time used on your ix4-300d, so that it can appear to be in one time zone, when it actually may be in a different one. This can help your users have the correct date and time if they live and work in a location different from your ix4-300d. You can set the date, time, and time zone through the Date and Time feature.

When an Active Directory Domain is in use, the storage device synchronizes time with the domain controller.

1.To change time zones, select a Time Zone from the drop-down menu, and then select how time will be set for the ix4-300d:

Internet Time Server — By default, Automatically synchronize with an internet time server and Use the default time server are selected. To specify a time server, select Specify the time server and type the URL of the internet time server you wish to use in the text box that displays.

Manual — Select Manually set date and time. To set the current date and time, click the appropriate icon for calendar and clock settings.

2.Click Apply to save your changes.

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Settingup Your ix4-300dNetworkStorage

Setting the Display Language for Your ix4-300d Network Storage

You can set the display language for your ix4-300d through the Languages page.

The Languages page allows you to change the language used in email notification messages and on the display screen.

The language used by the ix4300d Management Console is based on the preferences configured in your browser. You can change the language used in this program by modifying your browser's preferred language settings.

Click Apply to save your changes.

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Printing Documents

Printing documents from your ix4-300d Network Storage is simple after you have attached a compatible printer to the ix4-300d. The Printers page displays a table of printers that are attached to the ix4-300d. The table contains for each printer the name, model, status, and number of documents waiting.

To attach a printer, simply plug a supported printer's USB cable to a USB port on the ix4-300d. Once attached, the printer will appear in the table. When the cable is unplugged, the printer will be removed from the table.

For best results, use a printer without multi-function features (for example, scanner, copier, fax, modem).

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